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Honestly, I want to go back to Fiji. I went there as a teenager and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd love to tour Europe as well. As dangerous as it is right now, I also wouldn't mind visiting Afghanistan. At least when the fighting is over anyway. I've heard it is a beautiful country with a kind...

As far as I know, police cruisers are loaded with a shotgun in the cab of the vehicle as well as an AR-15 in the trunk. This combined with their service revolver and other non-lethal deterrents make for quite the intimidating loadout. Is the rifle and the shotgun really necessary for everyday...

That's a hell of a thing for a mom to have to do. I'll bet it took a lot of courage for that mom to turn in her own son, but she did the right thing. People need to either contact police when they know someone close to them committed a crime or they need to turn them in themselves or even...

My god. If this were my little girl I would have put that guy's head through a wall. I am angry just looking at this. I really hope this guy gets caught and goes to jail for a really, really long time. This is disgusting and unjustified in every way.

I think the officer needs to turn in his badge. Then again I am very against people mistreating animals. He disregarded a warning about the dogs and instead of understanding and respecting their "territory" when he saw them approach, the pulled his firearm and killed one of them. He could have...

Re: Article: Missouri town responds to officer exodus after election of black female Honestly, I think if their concerns were legitimate, they would have been made public. The fact that 5 out of 6 of the town's police force plus the city attorney and the city clerk as well as others all...

Except that it won't make police work easier. It is easy for someone to imitate the already required blaze orange tip for replica firearms on a real firearm. Hell, there is a guy that concealed a shotgun in a super soaker (I can't post links yet but you can find the story in the LA Times as...

Actually I think community policing would be the most effective in poor or high crime neighborhoods. It's been said that a police officer's most effective tool for preventing crime is their pad and pen. This is the idea that knowing who/what/when/where/why stuff happens can lead officers to be...

I think you are spot on here. Honestly though, there shouldn't be as many things criminalized as there are in the first place! We've already seen over the past few decades how the war on drugs has torn lives to shreds over the smallest of infractions. I also agree that the number of people...

I agree with Joan. Revenge porn can cross the line in multiple different ways. So the ban on that is justifiable. The ban on trolling on the other hand is just a bunch of political correct BS. Some dumb troll starts talking shit, just ignore them. There is a reason that people say "don't feed...

Are you saying he was constantly on call? Seems like officers need some down time. If they can't have a drink and relax, then I'd figure they get burned out real quick.

Where I am making homophobic remarks is not enough to get you arrested. Though, and this isn't the case yet but, I think LGBT should be a protected class under federal hate crimes legislation. Speech is speech and so such remarks are protected as long as they aren't threatening, but I think...

I think these are the two most important parts of this concept. With the police riding around in their patrol cars, not talking to people, most of the interactions they have are negative. This fosters an us vs them mentality that seems to be pervading police culture. I think there needs to be a...

What do you think about community policing? As in, a cop patrols a particular neighborhood so that officer has an opprotunity to get to know the community and can, potentially, police more effectively. It's the idea of cops "walking the beat." Do you think that would affect the public's...

Do you usually need a Bachalor's degree to apply to become a police officer? I was thinking maybe I could have this as a contingency for after graduation if I can't get a job in my chosen field.

Hello, You can call me Philosophydaddy :). I found this forum while surfing around and I decided to jump in after lurking around a bit. I look forward to some good conversations with y'all. I feel like I might have some dissenting opinions in comparison to how I view policing. I hope to broaden...